# ringgit
## English
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay ringgit (literally “jagged”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɪŋɡɪt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋɡɪt

### Noun

ringgit (plural ringgit or ringgits)
* The currency of Malaysia
** 2009 January 20, Jennifer Pinkowski, “Growing Taste for Reef Fish Sends Their Numbers Sinking”, in The New York Times‎, A. G. Sulzberger, →ISSN, →OCLC:[…] Malays at the famous Night Market speak with awe about the Chinese tourists who spend “a thousand ringgits a week just eating fish.”

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* girting

## Balinese
### Romanization

ringgit
* Romanization of ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁin.ɡit/
* Rhymes: -it

### Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)
* ringgit (the currency of Malaysia)

### Further reading

* “ringgit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay ringgit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrɪŋɡɪt̚]
* Hyphenation: ring‧git

### Noun

ringgit (uncountable)
* ringgit: The currency of Malaysia.
* (historical) the two-and-a-half silver guilder; two-and-a-half rupiah.
* (literal) notch, serration.
    Synonym: rigi-rigi

#### Derived terms

* beringgit
* beringgit-ringgit
* meringgiti

### Further reading

* “ringgit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

ringgit
* Romanization of ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀

## Malay
### Etymology

From gerigi (“jagged”), from gigi (“tooth”), referring to the edges of the Spanish dollar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [riŋ.ɡet]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɡet, -et
* Hyphenation: ring‧git

### Noun

ringgit (Jawi spelling ريڠݢيت)
* The Malaysian ringgit.
* The Brunei or Singapore dollar.
    Synonym: dolar
* (historical, Indonesia) A currency made from silver worth 2.5 rupiah that was used during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia.
* Jags found on a jagged wheel (of a fire lighter wheel, etc.).
    Synonyms: gerigi, rigi-rigi

#### Affixations

* beringgit
* beringgit-ringgit
* ringgiti

#### Compounds

* Ringgit Brunei
* Ringgit Malaysia
* Ringgit Singapura

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: ringgit
* → Chinese: 林吉特, 令吉
* → English: ringgit
* → Balinese: ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶᬢ᭄ (ringgit) (semantic loan)
* → Javanese: ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀ (ringgit) (semantic loan)

### See also

* sen

### References

* ↑ Eong Sim Ewe (1974) “Ringgit”, in Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, volume 47, number 1 (225), pages 58–65

### Further reading

* “ringgit” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Portuguese
### Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)
* ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

## Spanish
### Noun

ringgit m (plural ringgits)
* ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)

## Sundanese
### Noun

ringgit or ᮛᮤᮀᮌᮤᮒ᮪ • (ringgit)
* ringgit (currency unit of Malaysia)
* (historical, numismatics) Spanish dollar (former currency unit of Spain); piece of eight
    Synonym: pasmat

### References

* ↑ "Ringgit" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek', S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 2nd print (1913), page 522.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay ringgit.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɾiŋɡit/ [ˈɾiŋ.ɡɪt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -iŋɡit
* Syllabification: ring‧git

### Noun

ringgit (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆ᜔)
* ringgit (currency)